If you want cool stuff that no one else will believe, look to Russia.(1) It isn't just the home of rampant piracy and corruption (and trademark infringement, in the case of their ridiculous theft of "Science 2.0" for a terrible television show) it is also the place to find kooky confirmation of odd beliefs.
Leonid Ksanfomaliti of the Space Research Institute of Russia's Academy of Sciences says he analyzed photographs from the Venus mission made by a Soviet landing probe, Venus-13, in 1982 and found...aliens. Well, he found a black dot that may have not been the same as another black dot.
It's a balmy 467 C (872 F) on Venus, with an atmosphere of sulfuric acid and 90 Earths of pressure so clearly it isn't tourists from Earth visiting. Actually, it's hard to say how anything visits, or can be considered 'seen' enough to make a case for aliens.
The obvious explanation is a lens cap but leave it to Russia to claim it must be aliens.
"What if we forget about the current theories about the non-existence of life on Venus, let's boldly suggest that the objects' morphological features would allow us to say that they are living," Ksanfomaliti told Solar System Research magazine.
While we are at it, let me also boldly suggest you suspend disbelief and wonder if I am secretly a Chinese jet pilot.
NOTES:
(1) Russian boxer finds Bigfoot
Vampire kills Russian livestock
Russia builds alien defense system
Etc.
